The cable group Telewest Communications has decided to exercise its preemptive rights to buy two large cable franchises, one in London and one in Birmingham. Telewest already has a share in both the franchises which are co-owned by Comcast UK.Following the buyout of Comcast by NTL recently (subscribers see NTL Buys Comcast UK For £363m),… Continue reading Telewest To Buy Birmingham And London Cable Franchises
The ITC has issued a warning to the Christian Channel Europe stating that it has breached Programme Code by featuring on-screen fundraising.The channel’s Good Morning Europe programme publicised a leaflet produced by the Christian Channel and encouraged viewers to return a coupon from it and to send a donation. The ITC code decrees that religious… Continue reading ITC Warns Christian Channel Over On-Screen Fundraising
NTL has been awarded the contract to construct and operate the digital terrestrial TV networks for ITV and C4’s services, which will be called Digital 3 and Digital 4. The contract is worth £250 million.Digital terrestrial television is due to launch in the UK in the Autumn though it will be preceded by BSkyB’s digital… Continue reading NTL Wins Contract For ITV/C4 DTT
“The times they are a changin’”. Thursday was a true upset in the world of soaps: Emmerdale put out an hour long episode and the BBC wisely tried evasive action by moving Eastenders to an earlier seven o’clock slot. An obvious attempt to avoid a fall off of viewers. The result was a whitewash, Eastenders… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 15/03/98
Omnicom has announced that it has bought UK below-the-line agency Claydon Heeley for an undisclosed sum.Claydon Heeley has billings in the region of £68 million and plans to double its UK staff to 200 over the next two years. Its clients include British Airways, Pepsi ,Guinness, Ford and Unilever and it recently won contracts for… Continue reading Omnicom Buys Claydon Heeley International
Allsports has signed a deal with Sky to sponsor its coverage of the 1998/9 Coca-Cola Cup season. The first match to carry the endorsement will be the final between Chelsea and Middlesborough on Sunday 29 March.Associations will be made on all opening and closing credits with both visual and verbal references. There will also be… Continue reading Allsports To Sponsor Coca-Cola Cup On Sky
The BBC has confirmed that transmitter coverage of its digital radio services, using Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), can now reach 60% of the UK population. There are 27 transmitters in operation for the BBC’s national DAB multiplex as planned.Coverage extends from the West and South East of England to the Midlands and the more heavily… Continue reading BBC Digital Radio Achieves Target Coverage Of 60%
Flextech and Telewest have entered an agreement that will see Flextech take a 50% share in revenue generated from all Telewest’s cable television channels. In return Flextech is to provide a £1 million marketing campaign to promote the programmes in Telewest franchise areas.Both Losses Improve At Flextech and Losses Deepen At Telewest recently announced their… Continue reading Flextech And Telewest To Share Revenue
The European Parliament has voted to strengthen consumer protection plans across the EU. Under the amendment voted by the EP, legislation would introduce a minimum two-year guarantee period throughout the EU for all goods, during which time consumers will be able to have repaired or replaced all defective goods, no matter where they purchased them… Continue reading EU: Additional protection plans
The National Magazine Company has announced that it will be launching a new parenting lifestyle title called M . It will be aimed particularly at parents of children aged one to ten.The first issue goes on sale on Monday 4 May with a print-run of 150,000 and a cover-price of £2.20. Announcing the magazine, editor… Continue reading Nat Mags To Launch New Parenting Title
